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Anorexia nervosa: aspects of care and treatment
Author(s) -
ArmstrongEsther C. A.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
journal of advanced nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.948
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 1365-2648
pISSN - 0309-2402
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1977.tb00185.x
Subject(s) - anorexia nervosa , psychotherapist , psychogenic disease , psychology , eating disorders , psychiatry , anorexia , medicine , clinical psychology
The literature concerned with anorexia nervosa is reviewed. The picture of a distinct, psychogenic syndrome emerges with a phobia about weight gain and preoccupation with eating. The illness occurs in young people and may take an obsessional or hysterical form. Treatment, in the first instance, consists of restoring calorific deficiency and body weight and attempting to prevent relapses. In this the nurse has a major role to play in supportive psychotherapy.